Israel to resume ‘intense operations to attack Tehran' after claiming Iran violated cease-fire
Israel claims Iran launched missiles into their airspace two hours after the warring nations agreed to a cease-fire.
Explosions and sirens were heard across northern Israel midmorning on Tuesday.
'In light of the severe violation of the ceasefire carried out by the Iranian regime, we will respond with force,' Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Eyal Zamir, said.
3 The IDF said it intercepted over 15 UAVs launched from Iran overnight.
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3 Israeli soldiers and rescue team work amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel.
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3 Emergency and rescue responders recover human remains from the rubble of a building after a ballistic missile fired from Iran strike a building at the city on June 24, 2025 in Beer Sheva, Israel.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the Israeli military would resume 'the intense operations to attack Tehran and to destroy targets of the regime and terror infrastructure.'
Iran's military denies attacking Israel after reaching the cease-fire agreement, which was hoped to put an end to the 12-day war.
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